I'm FREE!!

Our lives changed forever at 10:03 AM on July 3, 2008. Owen Christopher Smith gave us quite the surprise arriving almost 6 weeks early! 3 years later he is still keeping us on our toes :) On his birthday morning he woke up bright and early, jumping on our bed yelling "I'm free now! I'm free now!"

I remember laying in the hospital bed 3 years ago... terrified, with Chris on one side and my Mama on the other. We had no idea what to expect! Flash forward three years and here I am standing in the kitchen helping him decide what he wants for his birthday breakfast. I love this moment! I love this time with him. For some reason when he shouts out a random "I LOVE YOU MOMMY!" or when he turns into the "kissing monster" time truly does stand still. It makes all of the day to day stresses disappear in an instant.

We celebrated his big day with a party at Ginny and Poppy's house. He chose a turtle theme and was so excited to help decorate. Most all of our friends and family were able to join us in BBQing, opening presents, and having cake! His favorite gifts by far were his bubble machine and guitar. And of course his shotgun! Uncle Brett and Keke topped off his day by taking him on an evening boat ride and fishing trip and then back to Ginny and Poppy's for the kiddos traditional Birthday sleepover.

Owen is so kind hearted, intelligent, determined and a good big brother to his "Goobie". He keeps us honest and accountable, encouraging us to learn new things with him. He shows me every day how much fun mother hood can be. All this from a 3 year old!

Happy Campers!

Who would have thought that my high maintenance little kiddos LOVE to camp?! I have to admit, I was stressed at just the thought of this big adventure. Our babies don't sleep anywhere other than our house and my Mom's, so anywhere else is hopeless trying to put them to bed... throw camping in the mix of this and... I wanted to put all the camping gear back up on the shelf :) But our little munchkins threw us for a loop and we all had the best time. Owen's favorite things about camping were fishing, swimming and roasting hotdogs. Emma's highlights were swimming, eating marshmellows and getting DIRTY! We can't wait to do more camping together as a family. It was so relaxing and nice to get out of town...and the best part was, the babies were so pooped, they slept aallll night :)

KeKe & Emma

Poppy and Owen on the "4 Later"

Ginny dancing!

Crescent Lake 7/11

Catching Up!

I can't believe it has been 8 months since I have blogged last. So much has been going on within the last year I don't even know where to start! We have experienced so many firsts within our family this year, it's been great. All the way from our first camping trip together to our new favorite... movie nights in Ginny & Poppy's backyard! I have had so many family members encouraging me to continue "our little blog" so that everyone can stay up to date on what's going on in our world. So over the next few days I will play catch up on blogging about how our Summer has started out so far!